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You can ride the Long Island Rail Road free to Tanger Outlets – The Arches in Deer Park, L.I this Saturday, November 22 for a fun-filled holiday festival featuring music, entertainment and special guests, and the best shopping on Long Island. Headlining this special event is pop star Jesse McCartney, the Radio City Rockettes and Santa Claus himself.

Taking the [6] at Hunts Point Av station is now fully accessible for disabled riders. Customers can now use three new ADA-accessible elevators to reach the platforms from the street level to both northbound and southbound platforms. The elevators went into service today and make the Hunts Point Av [6] station the 11th ADA Key Station in the Bronx and the 84th ADA Key Station system-wide.

Take Metro-North to THE ILLUSIONISTS - a mind-blowing spectacular that showcases the jaw dropping talents of seven of the most incredible illusionists on earth, and save over $70 per ticket for performances November 26 through January 4, 2015.

MTA Bridges and Tunnels announced today that it plans to award a four-year, $282.5 million contract to Tully Construction Company for repairs and restoration projects related to damages at the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel caused by Superstorm Sandy.

Security and marine navigation lights at MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, are functioning once again under a $686,000 project that was completed ahead of schedule and within budget.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), AT&T, Transit Wireless, the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) and ChallengePost today announced the opening of App Quest 3.0, the third annual challenge seeking to generate the best transportation-related apps for New Yorkers using MTA data. App developers will be able to compete for a total of $50,000 in prize money being contributed by AT&T.

MTA Arts & Design today announced the premiere of New York Minute by new media artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo at the newly opened Fulton Center, marking the inauguration of Arts & Design’s new digital arts program.
New York Minute is a large-scale 52-channel video installation on display through spring 2015 at the Fulton Center

Due to New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) painting and maintenance work, the passageway linking Broadway/190 St with the 191st St station on the [1] Line will be closed between 11:30 p.m. Friday, November 7 and 5 a.m. Monday, November 10.

The colorful screens of MTA New York City Transit’s network of On the Go Travel Station kiosks are becoming more and more evident in subway stations. The growing customer information system is one of the largest transit based digital signage networks in the United States, and currently provides transit information to more than 1.2 million subway customers daily.

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week is upon us and Metro-North has your ride to get to some great culinary spots. From now through November 16, nearly 70 restaurants participating in Hudson Valley Restaurant Week are just steps away or a short cab ride from railroad stations on the Harlem, Hudson, New Haven and Port Jervis Lines.